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South African Surgeon Arrested in Dubai For Death Twelve Years Ago of Patient

October 10, 2012

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Dr. Cyril Karabus, an eminent South African pediatric surgeon and professor of medicine, was arrested while en route home for charges stemming from the death of patient twelve years ago. He had operated on a child suffering from cancer  in the United Arab Emirates, who later died of leukemia. Although earlier charges on the same grounds (of which Dr. Karabus was never notified) had been dismissed, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United Arab Emirates Tagged With: Physicians

CCS Welcomes Release of Professor Nasser Bin Ghaith of the UAE

November 29, 2011

CCS logo, human rights

CCS was among the many human rights groups and academic associations advocating for Professor bin Ghaith, a lecturer of economics at the Abu Dhabi branch of the Paris-based Sorbonne University in the United Arab Emirates, who was detained in April in Dubai and charged for being a threat to public security, undermining public order, insulting the government and opposing the government system.  The ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News, United Arab Emirates Tagged With: Abu Dhabi, Academics, Nasser bin Ghaith

CCS Follows-up on the Detention of Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith

August 3, 2011

CCS wrote a follow-up letter to the government of the United Arab Emirates to protest the detention of Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith, a scholar and lecturer in Economics. Read the letter: ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United Arab Emirates Tagged With: Academics, Nasser bin Ghaith

Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith is Held in Dubai without Charges

April 21, 2011

CCS wrote to the Government of the United Arab Emirates to protest the detention of Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith, a scholar and lecturer in Economics. Read the letter ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United Arab Emirates Tagged With: Academics, Nasser bin Ghaith

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